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Is Marvel nickel-and-diming The Avengers to death?

Could Joss Whedon’s Avengers movie already be in trouble? That’s what some inside sources are claiming. Marvel is reportedly trying to squeeze costs on the film, leading to delays — and some key behind-the-scenes people have already walked away. The rumor comes from Bleeding Cool’s Rich Johnston, who has a pretty decent track record in…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Fox fires the whole writing staff of Spielberg’s Terra Nova

It’s trouble again for Steven Spielberg’s time traveling dino drama Terra Nova. 20th Century Fox Television has decided to lay off the entire writing staff. But this startling news may only be temporary. New television drama Terra Nova hasn’t had it easy. In August, it was announced that the time traveling series would be pushed…

Television Meredith Woerner

Mysterious white matter may be more important than gray matter in your brain

Grey matter is fundamental to our minds – indeed, it’s so important that the term is often used to refer the brain as a whole. But it turns out that white matter may be where our thinking happens. Even though the term “grey matter” is fairly well-known, it’s far less well-known what it actually is.…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Ask Catherynne M. Valente anything you want about Palimpsest

We’ve been talking about Catherynne M. Valente’s novel Palimpsest over at the io9 Book Club, and now Valente is going to drop in this evening to answer your questions. Just post them in the comments section below! https://gizmodo.com/the-io9-book-club-is-in-session-lets-talk-about-palimp-5679873 Post your questions, and Valente will stop by after dinner tonight, around 8 PM EST, to answer.…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters attack NYC’s Grand Central

Now this is some serious cosplay. A group of angry Death Eaters attacked a poor bystander in New York’s Grand Central. Check it out — the magic starts getting scary real about 30 seconds in. [Topless Robot]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Is summer 2011 going to be your ultimate movie nerdgasm?

The summer of 2010 was a bit underwhelming as far as movies went — but summer 2011’s looking like the craziest of them all, with the densest concentration of nerd-candy ever. At least, Jon Favreau is calling it a “bloodbath.” Talking to the L.A. Times’ Hero Complex blog on Monday, the Iron Man director remarked…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Great moments in engineering: The flying buttress

Find out about fantastical feats of fearless architecture, and how the buttress supports the arch. For a while, the most impressive home people could boast was a nicely painted cave. After that, huts were de rigueur, since they required structures to be built. Since then, humankind has been getting fancy. One of its early fancy…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Tiny fossil fingers reveal Neanderthals had tons of sex

Neanderthals and ancient ancestors of modern humans were probably far more promiscuous than we are today. How do we know? Because their fingers were shorter than ours are. Androgens are the hormones that collectively affect the development of masculine traits in both males and females. They are also thought to affect how long people’s fingers…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

io9’s Environmental Writing Contest

We can’t prevent environmental disasters without preparing for them. That’s why io9 is going to pay $2000 each to two people who write the best stories about environmental disaster. It’s io9’s Environmental Writing Contest – for science fiction and non-fiction. io9 is looking for stories that deal with environmental disaster, whether caused by random asteroid…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Space Shuttle’s last blaze of glory on the launch pad

The Space Shuttle Discovery sparkles with pride as it’s unveiled to reporters before its final launch, later today. More gorgeous photos of the ship preparing for its last flight into the unknown, below. In these photos, Discovery sits behind the protective rotating service structure on launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center November 3,…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

All the stuff we’d like to buy at the Back To The Future prop auction

Back To The Future producer Bob Gale mentioned they were auctioning off memorabilia, but we had no idea there would be so many goodies. Check out the greatest scores, including the exceptionally rare Eric Stoltz vanishing photograph. https://gizmodo.com/things-we-learned-at-the-back-to-the-future-reunion-5673070 The auction is being held at Profiles In History. All proceeds go to charitable foundations like The…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Scarlett Johansson is playing a super-sexy alien, plus first look at Jessica Alba in a leather catsuit for Spy Kids

Scarlett Johansson is making her very own Species as an evil alien seductress. Jessica Alba catsuits-up for Spy Kids. Ian McKellen may not be back as Gandalf. Learn why the mysterious machine is key to all things on Fringe. Spoilerama! Under the Skin: Scarlett Johansson will reportedly star as an alien who travels the world…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

New Sucker Punch trailer delivers robots, dragons and sexy lady fights

Zack Snyder released another trailer for his fetish stylegasm Sucker Punch. Watch as a team of leather-clad heroines fight all sorts of genre monsters, from Nazis to dragons. Like all things Snyder, this is a gorgeous trailer. But the premise gets a wee bit lost in the collage of confusion. So here’s the latest synopsis…

Movies Meredith Woerner

One of the best Doctor Who stories (that wasn’t shown on Doctor Who)

The Sarah Jane Adventures followed up its epic Doctor Who crossover with a surprisingly good story — especially the first half, in which everybody on Earth vanishes, except for three kids. It was the stuff of classic Who. Spoilers ahead. “The Empty Planet” had a pretty epic first half — Clyde and Rani both bond…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Physicists discover “violation of a fundamental symmetry of the universe”

Today physicists announced that they may have found the key to explaining dark matter in the universe. It all has to do with the potential discovery of a “sterile neutrino.” Image via Fermilab According to a release about the new study: Neutrinos are neutral elementary particles born in the radioactive decay of other particles. The…

io9 Annalee Newitz

SGU does Groundhog Day — in space!

Young may command the crew, but Rush continues to command the ship, and yet still no one has made a decision. We like the direction SGU has been going lately, but last night’s episode started to make us worry again. Spoilers ahead… After last week’s “is this a dream or is this reality” episode, we…

io9 Meredith Woerner

Welcome to King’s Landing: how HBO is bringing A Game of Thrones’ seat of power to life

How does HBO’s A Game of Thrones bring the crucial location of King’s Landing to life? Blogger Adam Whitehead with The Wert Zone takes us behind the scenes. In A Song of Ice and Fire a principal focus of the action is the Red Keep, the castle-fortress towering over the city of King’s Landing, the…

Television Adam Whitehead -- The Wert Zone

Best television adaptations of science fiction and fantasy novels

Can a book really become a decent television show? Yes, and here’s the proof! Here are 12 shining examples of science fiction and fantasy books that actually got turned into television series that are worth watching in their own right. The other day, we listed the worst TV adaptations of SF books, now here are…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Virgin birth discovered in boa constrictors

Or, to put it in non-sensational terms: A boa in a pet store in Tennessee has reproduced asexually. And its offspring have a bizarre genetic makeup that scientists have never seen before. A female boa in a pet store in Tennessee has just given birth to her second litter of offspring in as many years.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Walking Dead cover remade in the “living” flesh

Over Halloween weekend, a very special variant Walking Dead cover was released, and here it is. Looks like a recreation of one of the earlier covers from Robert Kirkman’s comic. Fingers crossed they remake Issue #19, with Michonne! [MTV]

Television Meredith Woerner

Is Marvel nickel-and-diming The Avengers to death?

Fox fires the whole writing staff of Spielberg’s Terra Nova

Mysterious white matter may be more important than gray matter in your brain

Ask Catherynne M. Valente anything you want about Palimpsest

Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters attack NYC’s Grand Central

Is summer 2011 going to be your ultimate movie nerdgasm?

Great moments in engineering: The flying buttress

Tiny fossil fingers reveal Neanderthals had tons of sex

io9’s Environmental Writing Contest

The Space Shuttle’s last blaze of glory on the launch pad

All the stuff we’d like to buy at the Back To The Future prop auction

Scarlett Johansson is playing a super-sexy alien, plus first look at Jessica Alba in a leather catsuit for Spy Kids

New Sucker Punch trailer delivers robots, dragons and sexy lady fights

One of the best Doctor Who stories (that wasn’t shown on Doctor Who)

Physicists discover “violation of a fundamental symmetry of the universe”

SGU does Groundhog Day — in space!

Welcome to King’s Landing: how HBO is bringing A Game of Thrones’ seat of power to life

Best television adaptations of science fiction and fantasy novels

Virgin birth discovered in boa constrictors

Walking Dead cover remade in the “living” flesh

The New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer Brings Eternia to Life

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